I can only do what is here. But you
Have an entire congregation of choice,
If you are who they say. The child
Believes you cannot be, just
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‘I can only do what is here. But you / Have an entire congregation of choice’
I can only do what is here. But you
Have an entire congregation of choice,
If you are who they say. The child
Believes you cannot be, just
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Sophie Cabot Black's collections include The Misunderstanding of Nature and The Descent. She received the Grolier Poetry Prize and the Poetry Society of America's John Masefield Memorial Award.
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Poetry by Michael Bazzett.
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